apple the stock. this query explains apple's inability to spread the company's huge cash, despite the millions and millions of iphones sold, spread the widespread love of the apple ecosystem all of which were stole repeatedly by management on the conference call to the totally deaf ears of the beleaguered and downgroundhog day prone -- sell sell sell -- analyst community. the reason the stock can lift what reported, what seemed like impressive earnings if you didn't know any better, is everyone seems to own an apple device and the stock. you can't sell iphones to people that have the iphone unless the new models are much better than the old one, which they afternoon. you can't sell stock to people who own it, which they do. however, you can sell samsung, that is happening in recent numbers around the globe. you can sell kimberly-clark, because if they want dividends in steady growth, not choppy declines or decreasing world margins, then pepsi, mickey d's and kimberly are the way to go. apple is the ex